Game



March 30,1926. 1,578,445

J. 5.- KOEGLE GAME Filed May 28 [1920 INVENTOR. John G. Koeyle ATTORNEY substantiallvion theline fllirE g-llnm- Patented Mar. 30, 1926.

JOHN G. xonenn', or mom'zno, o'nio, .AssIGNon To mnusrnmnn Tron, jor roLEDo, o'H o, nlconronntrrouor DELAWARE.

" f GAM Application: filed m 28, mo. Serial No. 354,803;

To all 'whom it'may concern-"p, 7 Be itknown that I, JOHN G. Konom a citizen of the United States,- residing at Toledo, in the county ofLucas and State of Ohio,havevinvented certain new a-nd useful the/following to be a full, clea r,"an djexact' description. H 1 f- This invention relates to agame device wherein indicator is manipulatedby a part-icipa-nt in the game. v .i i

More particularly the invention applies to device in which a. participant in alga-me rotates anindicating member tomake an ins r dication without, being able to predetermine' a material 11, such'as rubber supports the the character or value of this indication; 1 Novel means are providedwhereby'fan" indication :is determinedbyth'e relative -a'ngular position. of two rotary' members, each of I which has been 'rotatingata varying speed, the variation inthe speedof one member be ing. different from the'variation in the speed of thefother member. a r

Another object of the; invention is to p ro'-" vide a structure in which one rotary member issupp'orted in suohra-manner as tobe sub ject to a definite coefiicient'of friction of small magnitude, while another rotary member with whichthe first mentioned member cooperates, is subject to agreater coefficient of friction, thus giving rise to a. constant difference 'infriction; 5 a

()ther objects, and objects relating to details of construction and" economies of manu r fa'cture will appear asTI proceed-with the description of thatembodiment ofj'the in; vention, which vfor the purposes of thefpres" ent application I have-"illustrated in the ac compa'nying drawing. v I

FigureI is a plan of one embodiment in corporating my invention;

Figl' II isa vertical sectional ta ken In Fig. i I isg-shown a; base 71.? upon one end oi -Which are 'mounted'the two rotatable- The relation offthe members 2 "and '3 is more clearly illustrated 'in Fig,II. i -The base one iss'hown provided with a circular r s/A; from-the icenterscf whiiehris spthez platform 5 which forms a; seat uponwhich theV-shaped annular bearing edge or ring 6 of the disk 2 is supported. The supportingpin"!- is preferably rigidly secured inthe I v base land forms an axis upon which. the Improvements 1n Ga-mes,ofwh1cl 1 I- declare SEAnoiroonPoise- 5 disk Zniay rotate. The member 3 is pro-v vided with a knob 8 by which it is manipus' lated, and with 'an'indicating mark.9 such as an arrow'to point out some indication on the disc 2. A contact surface 10 on the lower side otthe disc 3 is arranged to engage in frictional. contact with the upper surface I i of the disc 2, 'sothatfdi'sc'i'2 and element 3 may be friotionally'locked inifcontaot with eachzother; A cushionor pad'of resilient shown in Fig.2." When'the-knobfi 'is depressed, so that :the contactsurfaces 10 of the member 3".engages with the upper sur face of tlie"diso 2,-the'cushion 11.: is com pressed, and o'n'rel'ease of the-l1nob 8,'the cushion expands to forceinember'?) out of engagement with disc 2: Y i -l The operation is as follows: ;Knob'8-is. graspedtbet'ween the thumb an fingerso'l the'hand,"pressed down so that thesurface" 10 of the member 3 comes .Linto firm; contact with disc '2, andgiven aquicktwist while being'pressed; While twisting the knob at its maximum velocityit'issuddenly released from the "thumb and fingers, whereby the member -3-is immediately forcedaway from contact with disc; 2 and-,its 'rotation isre-' carded after rel'ease --.at a greater rate 1 than that of the disc 2 on account "Ofthe' member 3 having less momentum than; thedisc- 2 andthesi'act that thel'eushion 11 of rubber producesa greater amount oil-friction for;

the member 73 than erlsts;jbetweenthe less 1 elastic substances of elements-'1, '2 and 7. The" indicationtresulting r'romtherotation I w of disc 2;-and member 3-;is dependent upon the differential angular-- displacement of those elements occurring after? release of" knob8. y l Inasmuch; as member 3 than s I nn br sla -iterates eldifi r at' ime wm h t ioo of the disc 2,'the operator is less'likely to know in advance what the indication given on the disc 2 willbe than in the case where v the member 3 has a more simple connection with-the disc 2,'as for examplewhere it is IDOUDtGClCllI'QCtlY over a non-rotary dial as is commonly rdon'e- :-in devices of thepriorart.

The annular element- 6, of V-sliaped cross section" projecting from the a. lower side of the disc' '2', and. supporting the disk, insures that the disc 2 will at all times;

be maintained properly spaced from the base 1, thereby preventing the disc 2 from wobbling and being prematured retarded in its rotation by striking: the base 1, or the member A further advantage isgained by reason of the contact between the disc 2 and the base 1 being at a constant radial distance from the pin 7 thereby avoiding variation in friction and the possible stopping of the disc before it has spun a sufficient number of rotations.

The raised portion 5 of the'base '1 is of value in keeping the surface upon which disk 2 bears, free from dust which might 1 cause undesirable orvariable friction.

members, means including 'a cuslii'onffori 1 her and said ineansgu 5. in a game devicetWo rotary sup-portingone of-saidmembers, a portion 7 I am' aware that the particular embodi-,

ment of my invention above described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings is susceptible of considerable variation without departing from the spirit thereof,

an d'therefore I desire Ito'claim my inven-' catedby. the appended claims. I'claim as my invention: a 1

1. In a game device, a plurality of members normally independently 1 rotatable but having surfaces to frictionally lock in'cona tion broadly as well as specifically as inditact' fwith each other, supporting meanstherefor, and a cushion between one of'saidmembers and said means. I

2.7 In a game device, a. plurality of members normally independently rotatable but having surfaces to frictionally lockin con tact with each other, supporting-means therefor, and a cushion'secured to one of said members between said member and said means. V v r V V 3. In a game' dev ce, a plurality of mem 'bers, one above the other, normally inde pendently rotatable but having surfaces to frictionallylock in contact with each other, supporting means therefor, and afcushion interpo ed between the uppermost member andsaidjmeans. I V v 4. In agame dev ce, a plurality of rotary supporting one of said member-aa-portion of sa d means p vot ng another of said members,- and a base supporting saidiothejr mein means including'a cushion at one end for said members, and a base supporting members,

of said meanspivoting the other of said members, and a base supporting said other member and said means.

6. In a game device, two rotary members,

means including a cushion at the upper end for supporting one of said members, a portion of said means'pivoting the other of a a d other member and said means.-

r 7 In a game device, twoirotary members having surfaces to, fricti-onallyilock incontact with each other,.means including a pore tion pivotally supporting one of said members, and a cushion portion normally supporting the other member out of contact with said first named member.

8. In a game device, two rotary-members in proximity to eachother on a common axis, supporting means therefor including a cushion, one of said members having a vcontact/element to lock'in frictional contact with the other of said members, said'cushion of the V. a v I 10."In a gamerlevice, a base, a'rotary b yl member verticallypivoted on said base and I having a depending annular bearing supported by said base, a second rotary mem= ber resiliently" supported-by said base to accelerate said 'first'member saidfmembers each bearing. indiciatof indicate their relativeangulardisplacement..

11. In a game indicator, a base having a recessjin the upper surface thereof, a-pin 'arising from the" center of said recess, a cushion supported on said pin, a firs't disk carrying a knob supported on said pin but separated therefrom by said cushion, a,

second di-skseparated from said first disk and surrounding said pin between said first disk and sa d base and supported upon said base," said cushion yielding when said first disk is depressed into contact with said seconddisk and expanding when said first disk is released to separate saiddisks.

r 12In a game indicator, two rotary members vcooperating to give an indication, a.

base'supporting both of said members, one of themembers being positioned above the other, :a pivot connection between said base and members, one ,of the memberscontacting with said base and having one value-of frictional resistance to "rotation and the other member contacting with the pivot con- 7 ntactiongand having another value of friction'alresistance to rotation.

a'ganieindicator, a base, a plurality' of rotary members: mounted thereon,

and (lo-operating to produce an indication indication by the relative angular disby the relative rotation of said members, placement-of said members, asupport there 10 the difference in the coefiicients of friction for including means retarding one member between one of said members and its bearbehind another at a constant rate While 5 ing, and another of said members and its the members are rotatin'g.- I

bearing being substantially constant. In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

14. In a game indicator, a plurality of V I rotary members cooperating to produce an Y JOHN G. KQEGLE. 

